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1 JLPag^*? IN TWO PARTS. VOL,. IV-NO. 290. NORFOLK, VA., TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900. THREE CENTS PER COPY. LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE.kc?,0?,c MAFEKING TO BE RELIEVED NEXT Cecil Rhodes' Company Will Ac? company Relief Column. NO NEWS FROM ROBERTS His Silence is Taken to Mean That Nothing Has Happened. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TALK Notwithstanding Tlioao Reports, Prosldout Kr?ger Uns Appealed to Ills Country? men und tlio Ornngti I'rcn Staters llo olurlng Tliey Will Struggle to tlio Last Activity of tlio Doors In Capo Colony Lends Alfred illllner to Proclaim Mnr tlal Law. (By Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.) London. March C?4 a. m.?Mafeklng Is to b;: relieved as soon as the British force, already on the way to Kimber ley, can raise the slearo. This force is described vaguely ns "strong." Kim b'erley Light Horse is mentioned as a. component. In view of the fact that the Klmberley Light House is under the control of De Beers Company, Lord Roberts' visit to Klmberley probably had to do with the arrangement with Cecil Rhodes to use this company of troops. Mr. Rhodes ;md Colonel Kekcwlch have had differences of policy, It ap? pears, which did not end with the relief or Klmberley. "Whnt Shall I do with him?" Colonel Kekcwlch Is said to have wired in Lord Roberts, who half humorously replied, according to a story circulated at the clubs, "put him III chains." Fresh Intelligence as to what i-ord Hol erls Is doln?; lias ceased to come. Ths silence Is taken to mean that some thlng has happened or Is about to liup peh. THE BOERS ACTIVE. Boer raiders are uncommonly active in the northwestern section of Cape Colony, where they are stirring up the Dutch. Martial iuw has consequently been declared. Mr. Chamberlain's request for 2,500 nrldllonal Australian Bushmen Is un? derstood to be explained by the fact that the War Oftice requires this force for the pursuit of irreconcilable Boers, who, according to the intclligctwe de? partment, have been quietly collecting Kierrt quantities of ammunition und stores in the mountain fastnesses of the Znupansbcrg district, In the north of the Transvaal, where they are prepar? ing to carry on uuerllla warfare. FIGHT WITH TREKKING BOERS. Osfoiilcln, Saturday, March 3.?Gon erul French yesterday evening noticed a body of Boers trekking northwest, and sent a squadron last night to keep in touch with them. This morning the trooprs were followed by about ISO Boers, who advanced around a hill, but who retired precipitately when the British shelled them. The Boers then opened a heavy fire with Maxims, and also began bring from a kopje in the centre of the position, with a long range fifteen-pounder. The Boor trekklnpr. in consequence of General French's movement, was tem? porarily slopped. CASUALTIES. London, March fi.--General Buller's re? vised list of casualties from February it to February 27 gives fl:t men killed, CSI wounded and 23 missing. MEDIATION DISCUSSED. Rome, March. 5.?In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, replying to several deputies who sUKgested that the time had arrived for mediation in South Af? rica, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marquis Visconti Venosta, declared he shared such statements, but thought action In the desired sense could only be exercised when circumstances ren? dered It opportune and likely to be suc? cessful, and he thought that moment hud not yet arrived. THE BRITISH ARMIES. London, March 5.?There arc now practicaJly three British armies In the field?one in the Free State, one In Cape Colony and the other in Natal. All that. Is known ahouit. the first, and most important. Is that it is In close touch with a body of Boers estimated to mmvber about C.000 men In Cape Colony Generals Brabant and Clements command the two horns of the army, while General Gatocrc holds the main Boer force in check. General Gatacre and Clements will probably combine nnd advance on Bloemfontein, with General Brabant guarding the right Hank with the Mobile Colonials. This movement will be subsequent to securing a line of communications alms the lines of the Free State rail? roads, Which, according to the latest dispatches, seems almost accomplished. The third army, that in Natal, is com? paratively inactive, and, with the ex? ception of sorties, a serious movement can hardly be expected from it this week. When It will be ready to ad? vance its movements must greatly de? pend upon how much distance the re? treating Boers put between themselves and General Butler. As an incident of the British main objective, which at last Is clearly outlined as Pretorln, the relief of Mafeking by a force from the sou !h may be expected any day, Colonel Plumer's force, on the north, seeming incapablo of accomplishing it, Another' untoxvnrd phase of the mili? tary situation is the enforced temporary Inactivity of the Natal army, an in? stance of which is contained in the die patches announcing that the Hying col? umn, which attempted to intercept the Boer retreat, only succeeded in driving the enemy further north. General White's men. according to The Times' correspondent at Ladysmlth, will re? quire a fortnight's recuperation, ENGLAND NEfcDS MONEY. London. March .">.? The House of Commons was crowded to-day. and all the public galleries were thronged in anticipation of the budget statement. The return of the Chancellor of the Ex 1 chequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who ! introduced the budget, shows that an expenditure of .Ci0i.OS2.OOO has to be provided for in the budget of 1900-1001. The same statement.shown that the Ex? chequer account of 1899-1900 would have given n surplus of upwards of ?5,000,000, : but thai the supplementary war esti-, mates of .f23.000.0e0 makes the expend^ , lure exceed the revenue by ?17,770.000. The budget provides for raising ?35,-1 000.000 ($175,000,000) by bond or stock re? payable within ten years, and shows n deficit for the coming year estimated I at ?37,000,000. INCREASED ESTIMATES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer an- i nounced that the country had to face, a total estimated expenditure, in con? sequence (if the war. of no lesy than six limes as much as had been estimated i In October last.' Ho explained the va? rious reasons which ted to the early1 Introduction of the budget. Including "a desire to afford both our adversaries and foreign critics proof of our earnest? ness in tlie work in which wc arc en? gaged." He dwelt with satisfaction on the in? crease in the actual over the estimated revenue, due to the steady and substan- ; tial increase of business, and pointed I out that 11s the increase In tho value and volume of foreign exports had been quite exceptional, it was not nt tho ex? pense of home industries. Reviewing the principal Items of rove-j hue Hie Chancellor1 of the Exchequer said tobacco hud been disappointing and that the Increase from wines was not as large as cxpecled, which was, NORFOLK AND BERKLEY BRIDGE Charter Bill Pigeon-Holed by Senate Committee on Roads. THE WORK OF THE LOBBIES Tim Norfolk .V- Western Hallway Largely Responsible for Us Defeat-So vernt Ilini drccl Roller Dills Passed by tholloius Itlll to Prevent Payment of Double Sal? aries? Dontli -of Ufrs. Curnoal - Labor Slutistlrs ? Congressman .Tones Not a Candidate for Governor. (Special to The VIrginlan-Pilot.) Richmond, Va., March 5.?After hav? ing seemingly the brightest prospects of becoming a law, the bill to authorize the construction of a bridge from Nor? folk to Berkley has been defeated. The Senate Commitee on Roads to? day pigeon-holed It, and as legislation ceased -to-night, the public in that sec? tion must be content wth ferry-boats for at least two more years. T1113 WORK OF LOBBIES._ There have been powerful lobbies at work against the'bill, and it Is conceded that the Norfolk and Western railway is largely responsible for jts defeat. RELIEF BILL. The Ilouso this morning nearly clear LAW-MAKERS AT WASHINGTON CITY The Senate Debates Finance, Matt Quay and Porto Rico. MR. CARTER, OF MONTANA Ho Rallies to tho Support, of the Fonnsyl vunlnn's Claim to Scat lu tho Upper It ranch of Congress-.Senator.* Teller a ml Butler Attack tho Republican Finan? cial 1)111-Tho President Submits Fliil Ippluo CorrcspondencoAskcd for by tho Senate. (By Telegraph to Virglnlan-TMlot.) Washington. March 5.?Mr. Carter, of Montana, dealt vigorously with the Quay case in the Senate to-day lu the course of an explanation as to why he will vote for the former Senator from Pennsylvania. He voted against the seating of Mr. Corbett in the lost Con? gress because, ho said, Mr. Corbett was endeavoring to benefit by a wrong per? petrated by himself. He declared Mr. jQuay was the victim of a "diabolical plot" In his own State such as had no counterpart In American political history. THE FINANCIAL BILL. Speeches on the financial bill were COLONEL BADEN-POWELL AND THE LONG SIEGE OF MAFEKLNG so lonl^U^ Bnd.a-Powe,r. troopers and civilian, who have British sironshold attacked by the Boers P <0? norUl of Ca',e Town and ?s tl>* first perhaps, due to the absence of the ordi? nary winter festivities. A BIG DEFICIT. Against the estimated expenditure of ?.15-1.082,000 for the coming year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer estimated the revenue, on the existing basis of taxation, at ?116,900,000, or a deficit of ??;>;,000,000. He said the government had made tho best calculations as to the amount it ought to ask from Par? liament with a view of a successful Continued on Page II. : Norfolk's New Electoral Board. : (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) ? Richmond, Va., March G.?The : : Electoral Hoards were chosen last : : night. : : That for Norfolk is composed of : A. ,T. Dalton, X. B. Joynes and J. : : D. llofheimcr. : STILL ANOTHER ASSAULT. MAIL CARRIER'S WIFE STRUCK WITH BRICK. In Atlantic City Ward last night the wife of a mail carrier, whose name could not be learned, wont to the front door of lter house and an unknown person, believed to be a negro, threw a brick, striking her in the side. There is no doubt that the person threw to hit her. The lady's husband..shot at her assailant, but missed him. ed the calendar of. relief bills, several hundred of them being passed. Th Mouse Committee on Courts of Justice met this morning, but not for the transaction of business, for sill its arduous labors are at an end. The ob? ject was a more pleasing one. and was executed in the very happiest strain. A MEMBER PINNED. Bon. Pembroke Pottit, soon after Chairman Mcltae called to order, arose, and on behalf of his colleagues, pre? sented Mr. McRea with a very hand? some scarf pin as a token of their es? teem. Mr. Pcttit was very happy in his remarks, and Mr. McRao responded in n most feeling manner. The pin is made of old gold, in the shape of a dragon, and is set with pearls. It is prettily designed, and is highly appreciated by the distinguished recipient. DOUBLE SALARIES. In the Senate to-day the bill amend? ing the act in relation to the pay of members of the Legislature was passed. It provides that when a member shall die the salary for the session shall be divided between his estate and his suc? cessor In ofllcc, to bo calculated upon the length of time of service. In other words, the bill is designed to prevent. In ease of death, the paying of double salaries. There have been three deaths during this session. In each one the estate of the deceased received the salary for the entire session and the person chosen to fill the vacancy was paid for the whole session. DEATH OP MRS. C ARNE A I* The sudden d<\nh of Mr. Lafayette Carnen! Saturday last caused sorrow and eloom in the homes of his many friends In this city and elsewhere. Continued on Page 8. made by Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Mr. Butler, of North Carolina. The Indiana senator defended the gold standard and generally applauded the action of tho conference committee, while Mr. Butler attacked the pending measure particularly because of the power it conferred upon national banks. A Until vote on the conference report will be taken to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. To Hon. Titos. R. Bard, recently elect? ed Senator from California, was ad? ministered tho oath of oflice to-day. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, gave notic3 that he would address the Son? nte next Wednesday on the Philippine question. When the routine.business had been concluded. Mr. Aldrlch called up the financial bill conference report, and Mr. Teller resumed his speech begun last Saturday. Mr. Teller believed that the effect of the pending bill would not be ruin? ous, nlthough it would be. in his opin? ion, disastrous on application greater than the civil war. Tho rich would be? come richer, he said, groat fortunes would be built up, but tho affliction would come by tho making of tho poor poorer. The pension appropriation bill, enr I rylng S14"?.245.230. was called up. and after some technical amendments had ' been made was passed. Mil. CARTER'S SPEECH. Mr. Carter Iben spoke. He regarded it as against both State and National policy not to have every State fully rep? resented. Referring to trie Corbett con? test from Oregon, he said many be? lieved Mr. Corbett was the Inspiring genius- of that revolutionary condition, which prevented the Legislature from organizing until nftcr the time limit of carrying into effect the will of the peo? ple had expired. A large number of Senators voted against Mr. Corbett be? cause his appointment was regarded ns the culmination of a conspiracy against the Government of his Stute." Mr. Carter declared silver was the great Issue at the time of the Mantle contest, and since that decision he satd there hud been more action by Leg? islatures approaching anarchy, more unwarranted action of the candidates for the Senate themselves, than in the titty years before. MORE FINANCIAL. TALK. Mr. Fairbanks then spoke on th6 pending report of the conference com? mittee on the financial bill. The enact? ment of the bill, he said, will put at rest the monetary question in the United States for years to come, for it is in? credible that the financial wisdom which the people have acquired during the past few years can soon be forgot? ten. The vast Industrial and commer? cial Interests will have a period of re? pose, secure against the menace of monetary doctrines. PORTO RICAN TARIFF. Mr. Foraker, in charge of the Porto *Rieo Tarlfr and Government bill, gave I notice of umendments to the measure ] imposing a duty of live cents a pound upon coffee, chicory roots and chicory Imported into Porto Rico, and 10 pre? vent the Importation from Porto ltlco lo the United States of goods or prod? ucts not actually of Porto Rico origin. IN THE HOUSE. Considerable miscellaneous business was transacted in the House to-day. Much of It was of a minor character. The most important bills passed wore one to ratify a treaty with the Coman ehe. Klowu und Apache Indians und open their lands for settlement, and one to authorize tho Secretary of the In? terior to negotiate with Kiow?s and Comnnches for u neutral stirp In Okla? homa. A PARLIAMENTARY FIGHT. During the consideration of a bill lo Incorporate the Frederick Douglass Memorial Historical Association, pro? posing to collect at bis late residence in this city a record of the anti-slavery movement, the Speaker and Mr. Bailey, of Texas, formerly floor leader of the Democrats, had the first sharp parlia? mentary light of the session. Mr. Underwood (Dem.), of Alabama, was appointed to the vacancy on the Committee on Ways and Means which, it was understood, was originally re? served for General Wheeler had ho re? turned to Congress. It was District of Columbia! day in the House. The District appropriation bill was reported, carrying $tI;G0S,37S, of which half is paid by the general gov? ernment. Mr. Bailey onposed a section of the I Douglass bill which authorised the as? sociation to establish branches in the various States and territories to solicit funds. A question arose as to who had the floor, the Chair ruling that Mr. Bab COck, ohnlrmnn of the District Com? mit lee, who called up the 'bill, con? trolled the lldor. Mr. Bailey was still on. the door, and there was considera? ble confusion. The Speaker and Mr. Bailey exchanged sharp words. AN APPEAL ANSWERED. The Speaker appealed to Mr. Bailey to keep cool, to which the latter ro t pi led that he was quite as cool as the Speaker. Being then recognized, Mr. Bailey was proceeding to comment on Hi.- Chair's ruling when the Speaker called him to order. Mr. Bailey de? clared that he had tho right to and would refer to the Speaker's ruling unless titled out of order. The Speaker promptly ruled that he must confine Ills remarks to the bill, whereupon Mr. Bailey as promptly appealed from the decision of the Chair. Mr. Payne, the door lender of the majority, moved to lay the appeal upon the table. Pr,<>n a. rising vote the yeas were SS and the nays G7. Mr. Btllley made the point that no quorum was prescht. The Speaker was unable to count more than 10:1 and ordered the doors closed and a call of tho House. Pending this. Mr. Bailey moved an ad? journment, but tho Speaker declined lo entertain the motion on the ground that it was dilatory. The appeal was laid on the tabh?123 lo SS. Mr. Bailey then declined 'to proceed and Mr. Babcock demanded the previ? ous question upon the bill. Mr. Bailey thereupon Inaugurated a filibuster to prevent the passage of the bill. When the vote on the motion for thekprevlous question was announced. 71 to .17. Mr. Bailey again made the point of no quorum. The Speaker counted ISO members present, whereupon Mr. Bailey demand? ed and obtained a roll-call on tho mo? tion. The yeas and hays were ordered, resulting 107 lo 06. On the vote upon the passage of the bill Mr. Babcock himself demanded a roll-call on the third reading of the bill. The motion was carried 101 to SO. Thereupon Mr. Bailey demanded the rending of the engrossed bill. As (he bill had not yet been engrossed further progress with it was Impossible, and It went over, the Speaker stating that the bill would he the unfinished busi? ness the first thine: to-morrow. After passing a number of minor bills tho House, at 5:20 p. m.. adjourned. PORTO RT/CO BILL AMENDMENT. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, to-day offered an amendment to the Porto Rim bill in the Senate. Its effect Is to have the tariff laws of the United States applied to Porto Rico upon foreign imports, but allows absolute free trade between the United States and Porto Rico. He also proposes u new section as fol? lows: "For the purposes of this act the fol? lowing provisions of the Constitution of the United States are hereby extended and made applicable to Porto Rico: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, Imports and excises, to pay the debts and pro? vide for the common defense and gener? al welfare of the United States but all duties, imports an dexclses shall be uniform throughout the United States. "No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore dl ri cted to be taken. "No tax or duty shall be given by any Continued on Page II. SOWIE CARELESS LEGISLATION One Hundred and Thirty New Of? fices Created in Virginia. GOVERNOR APPROVES BILL Twenty-live Senator* nntl Many Business men of Richmond Applied to tho Chief Kxecuttvo to Withhold His Slguatuxo Qucstlon of Iiognllty of Its Passage > by ... the Senate lCiiiscd ? Action Taken l>y Norfolk Hoard of Trade and Clearing llouso Association. (Special to Virginian-Pilot) Richmond, Va.', March 5.?There is widespread opposition here to the Parks bill, creating more than one hundred new officers, at a heavy ex? pense to the tax-payers of the State. Tills morning Senator Carter Glass cir? culated and secured signatures to the following petition, which he presented to tho Governor to-day: To His Excellency, the Governor: Tho undersigned members of the Sen- 1 ale of Virginia unite in urging your " Excellency to withhold your approval of House bill No. 653, known as the Parks bill, providing for a commission of valuations, and Involving the ap? pointment of some 130 public, officers, with authority to inspect the books, ac [ counts and private interests of the cit? izens of Virginia, and to make public Information thus secured. In our Judg? ment, the bill passed the Senate with? out Its full scope and Import being un destood, in the closing hours of a busy session, and while many Senators were abseilt from their seats. Wo regard the measure as both dangerous and unjust, and bog that you will not-permit it to become a law. Very respectfully, (Signed) CARTER GLASS, R. B. HARTLEY, JOSEPH WHITEIIEAD, E. J. HARVEY, GRAHAM CLAYTOR, J. A. DINWIDDIE, THOMAS D. GOLD. W. P. BARKS DALE, W. E. FOSTER, WILLIAM SHANDS, A. ST. CLA1R, C. W. STEELE, GEORGE B. K FEZ ELL. C. HARDING WALKER. BLAND MASSIE. HENRY PA1 RFAX. GEORGE W. LECATO, S. L. LUPTOX. R. A. JAMES. G. M. WALLACE, WILLIAM B. MTLWAINE, THOMAS E. BLAKEY, BEVERLY B. MOXFORD, H. L. MAYXARD. The Governor did not indicate what his action would be. A number of Richmond business men were at the Capitol to-day, urging that something be done 16 prevent this act becoming a law. They contended that such a law as that proposed would be tho worst blow that could happen to the business interests of -he State. HAD NOT PASSED. I Soon after the Senate was called to order Senator Munford called the at? tention of the body to the fact that the bill In question required a constltu tlonal vote, as It CartTeii an appr?pria tion. This it did not receive and ho moved to correct the journal. The jour nnl said the bill was passed when, in fact, it did not really pass, because it did not receive twenty-one votes. In? cidentally, Mr. Munford said he was heartily In favor of making people pay the taxes, but he was confident that. If tills net should become a law It would occasion more criticism than the so called land-grabbers' act, passed at the last session. Senators Flood, Lyle, Wickham and Morris took issue with Mr. Munford and contended that it was too lato to correct the journal. They argued that If there was any question about the bill having been. Illegally passed, tho courts could settle it. Mr. Munford reduced his resolution to writing. It changed the Journal so as to show that the bill was "defeated" instead of "passed," bis point being, as already stated, that the act eould not have been passed when It did not re? ceive twenty-one votes. Senator Morris did not think the bill required a constitutional vote( ' But this was not the question to Tie con? sidered. The journal was a diary of the proceedings of tho Senate. It showed what took place Saturday, and it was too late now to change It so as to show that the Chair had ruled that the bill was defeated When, in fact, ha declared tho bill was passed. CORRECT ITSELF. Senator Coghlll took the same view of the matter as did Mr. Munford, and Continued on Page 10. OTHER TELEGRAPH PAGE 10 CLASSIFICATION OF NEWS. BY DEPARTMENTS. Telegraph News?Pages I, 10 and ti. Loc.il News?Pages 2,3, 5, 6 and S. Editorial?Page 4. Virginia News?Page 8. North Carolina News?Page 7. Portsmouth News?Pages 10. Berkley News?Page 11. Alarkets?Page 12. Shipping?Page 9. Real Estate?Page 12 "